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"Kiev-based photography collective UUA (Urban Underground Athletes) are intent on proving that the country is about much more than strife - that it is also a place of rivers, mountains, forests and breathtaking landscapes full of the potential for adventure. Cycling in Ukraine is far from popular as a way of getting around or commuting. Its rarity makes for a close-knit community of enthusiasts. UUA was originally founded in Kiev in 2011 as a cycle courier company, but the collective's pursuits have expanded in line with the interests of its members - Lesha Berezovskiy, Vladislav Andrievsky and Anatolii Todorov - who share a passion for photography as well as cycling. By 2014, says Andrievsky, "UUA had became something bigger. We started hanging out, doing graffiti and printing T-shirts." With Ukraine riven by civil unrest, cycling also became a way for the group to see the country on their own terms. "In July 2014 I had to move to Kiev because of military unrest in eastern Ukraine. I met Anatolii and Vladislav and we started going on cycling trips together. We travelled to the Carpathian mountains and started photographing everything together.""

"Here is Kirill Korobkov giving a short intro to our trip: Madagascar sounds a bit like something from the pages of a fantasy novel. Everyone knows that this place exists, but it's so remote that it is almost like a myth. The big island resides on Africa's east side and is a rare destination for outsiders, isolated by both sea and distance. In terms of the skateboarding? Madagascar just might be the perfect mix of originality, adventure, vacation and the unpredictable unknown."

"atatu's are privately owned mini-buses that are a common form of public transport in East African countries like Kenya and Uganda. Painted in bright colors and often decorated with slogans or portraits of famous people, you can find thousands of them on the roads of Nairobi. With Matatu's being used by over 70% of the inhabitants, they are the main public transport system in the Kenyan capital."

"It's not news that Metro is considering ending their practice of free parking at their train stations, but now we have intel on what exactly the new policy is going to look like. A Metro document, leaked on the Fans of Los Angeles Metro Rail Facebook page, showed that the agency will soon launch a pilot program that includes parking fees at nine stations-three of which will be on the new Expo Line extension to Santa Monica, which opens in May. From West L.A. to East L.A., anyone will be able to park in Metro's lots and garages, even if they're not hopping on the train. Of course, the non-train riders will pay more for the privilege. "

"He plans, he says, to construct networks of tunnels throughout cities with faster, more efficient boring technology. The tunnels could carry individual cars or eight- to sixteen-passenger "pods" on electric skates, traveling up to 150 mph. (Longer tunnels, between cities, would be perfect for hyperloop, another interest.) Less than a year after its founding, the Boring Company is already talking about taking its mass transit solution to real, live cities. In July, Musk announced that he had "verbal government approval" to build a hyperloop between Washington, DC and New York City, which could carry commuters between the two in less than 30 minutes. (A White House official later suggested that he had, perhaps, given Musk the wrong idea, and that the project had not been approved, verbally or otherwise.) In November, Musk said the company would bid on a project to build a new, faster rail link between downtown Chicago and O'Hare Airport. And in early December, the Boring Company released a map showing a proposed tunnel network in Los Angeles, which could transport both private cars and shared pods between Long Beach Airport in the south, Santa Monica in the west, Dodger Stadium in the east, and Sherman Oaks in the north."

"For all the efficiency that Tokyo's subway system boasts, the morning commute is hell. At peak hours, trains and platforms are notoriously crowded, so much so that the city has to hire "pushers." The city has also long been trying to ease crowding by asking riders to stagger their morning commute hours, and this time around, they're appealing to people's stomach. According to the Japan Times, the Tokyo Metro Co. is launching a nearly two-week-long trial on Monday urging commuters on the busiest line-the Tozai line, which runs east-west through the city-to head to work either before 8 a.m. or after 9 a.m. Those who sign up for the program and take part in it for at least 10 consecutive days will be rewarded with free soba noodles with tempura."